This is the 28 November – 5 December 2014 edition of a “weekly digest of W3C news and trends” that I prepare for the W3C Membership and public-w3c-digest mailing list (publicly archived). This digest aggregates information about W3C and W3C technology from online media —a snapshot of how W3C and its work is perceived in […]More…

This is the 21-28 November 2014 edition of a “weekly digest of W3C news and trends” that I prepare for the W3C Membership and public-w3c-digest mailing list (publicly archived). This digest aggregates information about W3C and W3C technology from online media —a snapshot of how W3C and its work is perceived in online media. W3C […]More…

This is the 7-14 November 2014 edition of a “weekly digest of W3C news and trends” that I prepare for the W3C Membership and public-w3c-digest mailing list (publicly archived). This digest aggregates information about W3C and W3C technology from online media —a snapshot of how W3C and its work is perceived in online media. W3C […]More…

This is the 28 October – 7 November 2014 edition of a “weekly digest of W3C news and trends” that I prepare for the W3C Membership and public-w3c-digest mailing list (publicly archived). This digest aggregates information about W3C and W3C technology from online media —a snapshot of how W3C and its work is perceived in […]More…

Yesterday we announced the HTML5 Recommendation. One of the most significant features of HTML5, and one that has been deployed for some time, is the <video> element, which will make it easier to include video in pages and applications without requiring users to download plug-ins. There is already strong browser support for video today, but […]More…

Today is World Standards Day (almost everywhere in the world ;) and as I mentioned in an earlier standard day anniversary post, I like open standards and the benefits they bring to humanity. To me, they are a first class public service. Much like people can take a public bus to go from some street […]More…

Bringing HTML5 to the status of W3C Recommendation (in October 2014) is a defining moment in the development of the Open Web Platform (OWP), a set of technologies for developing distributed applications with the greatest interoperability in history. This year is also the 25th anniversary of the Web and 20th anniversary of W3C, making this […]More…

This is the 26 September – 3 October 2014 edition of a “weekly digest of W3C news and trends” that I prepare for the W3C Membership and public-w3c-digest mailing list (publicly archived). This digest aggregates information about W3C and W3C technology from online media —a snapshot of how W3C and its work is perceived in […]More…

Look at a Little History of the World Wide Web and scroll down to 1994. Today 20 years ago: “1 October World Wide Web Consortium founded.” We are turning 20 today! Today in 1994 "1 October: World Wide Web Consortium founded" We are turning 20 today! http://t.co/Iqvvb36ejA #w3c20 — W3C (@w3c) October 1, 2014 @Yogesh […]More…

This is the 19-26 September 2014 edition of a “weekly digest of W3C news and trends” that I prepare for the W3C Membership and public-w3c-digest mailing list (publicly archived). This digest aggregates information about W3C and W3C technology from online media —a snapshot of how W3C and its work is perceived in online media. W3C […]More…

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